Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the wireless-next tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Apr 03 2013 - 21:04:12 EST


Hi John,

On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:00:43 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> After merging the wireless-next tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) produced this warning:
>
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
> x86_64-linux-gcc: warning: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi: linker input file unused because linking not done
>
> I have no idea what caused that.

Though I suspect commit 8b138d4898a0 ("rtlwifi: rtl8188ee: Enable build
of new driver") - I wonder if the gap between the "-I" and
"drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi" added to ccflags-y is the cause?

I am using gcc 4.6.3 if that matters.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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